After a week in LA with a friend, here I am at last in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I've heard so much about it over the years from old friends who are sailors and surfers who travel all over Mexico for the best sail, the best waves. I'm not so sure either Puerto Vallarta or San Blas, which is where I'll be soon, are good for waves - I don't see much action right now - but that can change as seasons shift.
Right now it's muggy and very hot - just walking the few blocks from my little hotel (40 bucks a night for a decent room overlooking the water and the usual amenitites and right in "old town" near shopping!) to an art store produced a quantity of water from my body I never knew was there. It's probably about the same temperature as Hawaii, but no trade winds. Makes for major sweat.
The art supplies, in case you want to know, were outrageously cheap - like, paint for only 3 dollars a tube, a 30 x 30 inch canvas for only 15 - wow! However, it's a good thing I brought the main bulk as they have very a limited range of items. I discovered I would not be able to bring oil paints as they are flammable - don't want to be thrown off the plane as a t--rist from my paint supplies! (Stop that woman! She's a threat to the country - she's carrying paint!) so I brought acrylics with no hassles from inspectors.
I behaved shamelessly by sleeping almost my whole first day away - time changes and some hold-over sniffles from LA made me grumpy and tired - but am now fine (I've been using a product called Airborne, developed by a cold-riddled second-grade teacher as a preventative against colds and flus from the kids - works great). We've had huge delicious meals for never more than about 30 bucks total for the two of us - I can handle that!
Tomorrow we go to San Blas for 3 weeks.
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